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Survival of the Striaton Gym! (801)

Cilan VS The Ice Challenger! The Crisis at Striation Gym!!

When on the next island on their journey, Ash & co. meet up with Cilan's brothers, Chili and Cress and learn about a dojo breaker who has decided to set her sights on the Striaton City Gym. Having already defeated Chili and Cress, the "dojo breaker" has decided that she needs to beat Cilan which is why they are all on the island and challenges him, to which he accepts. Will Cilan be able to defend his brothers and his gym?

Wow really -_-....and I'm supposed to not call this a filler?? Just because we saw little Dento does not save this episode.

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Well, that was a pretty meh episode in my opinion.
The only thing I liked was that flashback of Dento and his brothers as kids, wish they tried a little harder since this is Dento's last actual episode before they leave.

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Ugh I just want to kjnow what was said at the end??? DENTO LOOKED SO SAD.

It seems like a good episode, but a little bland without translations. I liked the battle. Reminded me of some Ihad with frozen Pokemon.

I like that how he summed up everything he learned. Like he was always watching, and learning from his friends the whole time. From Ash's battles, to how Iris bonds with dragon-types he was taking note in his head. I liked how he went into Tasting Time, he mixes his sommelier skills into his battles.

Just waiting for people to roll in and complain that Pansage didn't learn a new move. As if it needed it, Cilan went over his moveset and he's right that it's quite good, for the anime at least. I really enjoyed the bits of Cilan recalling his journey, both before and during the battle. And the ending. I truly love this guy, hoped to see him get more focus but for what he was worth he is the best male companion so far for me. Next week, IT'S I MISS YOU TAAAIM. ;___; Or after the Cilan x Brock special rather. But yea.

It was an alright episode, seemed like an odd moment for Cilan to have his big inspirational flashbacks. Of course they're not doing it in a battle with Burgundy...

XY can't get here soon enough.

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That Drago girl fitted Iris for a true rival to fear more than it did to Cilan and his other brothers...who apparently never, EVER evolved their puny little monkeys ever since childhood.

It could be a gym leader thing, keeping the monkeys in their base forms for challengers.

Just goes to show that experience means jack diddly balls in the anime. Ash's Pikachu loses to Trip's Snivy/Servine, Cilan's childhood Pansage loses to Oshawott, Clay's Excadrill that he's had since age 10 loses to an almost freshly caught Roggenrola/Boldore.

I don't see how character episodes like these are filler, just because a Pokemon didn't evolve ect. We got some insight into Cilan's journey, I loved how he brought up that he was basically an observer of the other two. + His doubt about whether he should continue travelling or not.

Wow really -_-....and I'm supposed to not call this a filler?? Just because we saw little Dento does not save this episode.

*Sigh* (-_-) Cilan's episodes are so dialogue oriented that you need to watch them either subbed or dubbed to totally understand what happened in them.

Yes, the plot was basically Jessicicle claiming the gym if she could beat the Jonas Brothers, but it had much more points than only going from point A to point B:
- The lighthouse where Cilan and Drago battled had a legend about a legendary trainer from Sinnoh battling a legendary trainer from Unova
- It was revealed later that Drago came from Sinnoh
- Iris actually proposed Cilan to use Crustle because it had both advantages against Abomasnow (Bug/Rock over Grass/Ice)
- Cilan decided to use Pansage because it's his longest time partner and did a Tasting Time on himself where he revealed Gluttony as Pansage's ability
- He also revealed that he has learned a lot from his battles against AND along Ash
- Also, he said that he learned from Iris how to bond with Pokémon
- He talked about his journey and how he has know and battled different people and know different battle styles
- He did a Tasting Time to Drago but he didn't said nothing that it wasn't obvious "You don't connect with your Pokémon's feelings blah blah blah"
- He actually considered to go back to the Gym with his brothers fearing that another trainer like Drago could appear, but his brothers convinced him to continue his journey

So, in summary, this episode was full of emotion, something that people whined wanted about a Cilan's episode and the most important reason to not call this episode a filler is ... Pansage's ability was revealed ... HAH!!

Marena, was it? We need to have more characters with such unique, wild designs. Did anyone notice how her eyes were...mismatched? One was more open than the other. Too bad she just left sulking like that. Poor girl. She was defeated during one of Cilan's monologues where he always loses unless your name is Burgundy...

Huh, who was Burgundy again? I think it was the red-haired girl with dragons. (Just kidding.)

I guess this is Cilan's closure episode with the group, in a way, given all those flashbacks. And speaking of flashbacks, the Striaton Kids should have their own episode...but really, they haven't evolved their monkeys since childhood? I can imagine a forty-year old Ash with a Pikachu.

Marena, was it? We need to have more characters with such unique, wild designs. Did anyone notice how her eyes were...mismatched? One was more open than the other. Too bad she just left sulking like that. Poor girl. She was defeated during one of Cilan's monologues where he always loses unless your name is Burgundy...

Sure, she was good design wise but seriously, she wanted to take over the Striaton Gym just for the fun of it, for no apparent reason? And on top of that, she came all the way from Sinnoh just take control of a gym in Unova for practically no d@$m reason??!! Talk about half-*****

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Good Cilan episode. Marena, just trying to overtake the Gym for fun? Come on, no one wants that. Plus, the Striaton Gym is a restaurant, too. Good thing she deserved the loss to Cilan. Also, it was very great to see Cilan's brothers again and get a bit more screen-time before they're probably forgotten again.

*Sigh* (-_-) Cilan's episodes are so dialogue oriented that you need to watch them either subbed or dubbed to totally understand what happened in them.

Yes, the plot was basically Jessicicle claiming the gym if she could beat the Jonas Brothers, but it had much more points than only going from point A to point B:
- The lighthouse where Cilan and Drago battled had a legend about a legendary trainer from Sinnoh battling a legendary trainer from Unova
- It was revealed later that Drago came from Sinnoh
- Iris actually proposed Cilan to use Crustle because it had both advantages against Abomasnow (Bug/Rock over Grass/Ice)
- Cilan decided to use Pansage because it's his longest time partner and did a Tasting Time on himself where he revealed Gluttony as Pansage's ability
- He also revealed that he has learned a lot from his battles against AND along Ash
- Also, he said that he learned from Iris how to bond with Pokémon
- He talked about his journey and how he has know and battled different people and know different battle styles
- He did a Tasting Time to Drago but he didn't said nothing that it wasn't obvious "You don't connect with your Pokémon's feelings blah blah blah"
- He actually considered to go back to the Gym with his brothers fearing that another trainer like Drago could appear, but his brothers convinced him to continue his journey

So, in summary, this episode was full of emotion, something that people whined wanted about a Cilan's episode and the most important reason to not call this episode a filler is ... Pansage's ability was revealed ... HAH!!

Uh huh, except the Dento event revealed that ages ago. Also how hard would it have been to give Pansage a new move here?? Seriously some sort of development for a pokemon of his in his last episode of BW would of been great. And no I don't count the ability being revealed.

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